One of the Dallas Museum of Art’s strongest collecting areas is art made after World War II, but because the DMA lacks permanent gallery space for those holdings, shows like Never Enough: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art represent a relatively rare chance to dive into them.
One of my most powerful art memories of 2013 is visiting the traveling exhibition 30 Americans, which presented important works by contemporary African American artists, on July 4, a free day at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
The Pico-Union barrio in Los Angeles may seem a far cry from Sophocles’ Ancient Greece, but in Luis Alfaro’s Oedipus el Rey, the classic tragedy plays out on the streets.
It’s no accident that The Contemporary Austin decided to commission two works from Marianne Vitale, a New York artist known for provocative sculptures constructed from wood and steel reclaimed from old barns, factories, and railroads.
